Fusion in My Area

[a1an]

Hi Dane,
Long time customer, first time requester... I'm really looking for Fusion in my neck of the woods.. I'm in Castro Valley, phone # 510-538-xxxx.. Any chance of getting fusion into my area or any plans to do so?

Thanks,
Alan

[klui]

Unless things have changed recently, which I doubt, Fusion is only available in Castro Valley toward Hayward and practically nowhere north of Interstate 238.

[dane]

We do offer service in the Hayward area, our office is at 1129 B St, Hayward, and serves roughly South of 580.

[John W]

I am also in Castro Valley, and just FYI, as soon as Sonic is available here, I'm signing up! So tired of AT&T DSL...

[Nico]

So do you have any plans on extending north of 580?

[klui]

So do you have any plans on extending north of 580?

I don't want to speak for Sonic but I highly doubt that Fusion will be available in CV soon because most everywhere is served by RTs and they block the Fusion signal. And since CV is such a small city, it wouldn't give AT&T any incentive to build another CO within the city.

[krellan]

I'm also from the fine village of Castro Valley.

AT&T's central office for this area is a considerable distance away, down in Hayward, I believe. But, where I'm at, there's a RT nearby (Somerset at Lake Chabot Rd, simply look for the ugly green box at the northeast corner).

Unfortunately, monopolies and laws being what they are, AT&T is able to use this RT to offer their "U-Verse" service. However, Sonic's not allowed to access it. Anything Sonic provides must be manually extended from AT&T's central office (which I'm too far away for), or Sonic must install their own RT (which would be much too expensive to serve a small audience).

Even AT&T can't make up their mind whether they want to sell me U-Verse or not. I get the advertising postcard in the mail every so often, but whenever I've called in, they run my numbers, and say I'm out of range. So, I'll stick with Sonic

Josh